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LKA 115 (P414024)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LKA 115 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414024 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13952 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | DIŠ ina E₂ NA GISKIM.MEŠ ḪUL.MEŠ IGI.MEŠ-ra | If signs are seen in a man's house |
| 2 | ana ḪUL GISKIM.MEŠ ḪUL.MEŠ ana NA u E₂-šu₂ NU TE-e | For the evil of omens, evil does not approach a man and his house. |
| 3 | 3 KEŠ₂.MEŠ ina IGI KA₂ KEŠ₂ 7.TA.AM₃ NINDA.MEŠ | 3 doors in front of the gate of the door, 7 each of bread |
| 4 | ana IGI KA₂ GAR-an {šim}SES {giš}ere-nu | You set up in front of the gate a cedar tree. |
| 5 | ina 15 KA₂ ta-sar₂-raq KAŠ BAL-qi₂ {dug}SILA₃.GAZ | You strew beer on the right of the gate. |
| 6 | ša₂ IM GAR-an ina ŠA₃ {dug}SILA₃.GAZ NU IM GAR-an | You set up a šāgu-vessel. In the hand of a bowl, you set up an utensil. |
| 7 | ina {dug}BUR.ZI.GAL SIK₂ UR.GI₇ GE₆ | In a bowl, you sprinkle dog urine. Night |
| 8 | ŠE₁₀ ŠAḪ I₃ KU₆ GAR-an UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.GA | You put down a pig's carcass (and) fish's oil. You speak as follows. |
| 9 | {d}i-šum EN SILA DINGIR.MU u {d}15.MU | Išum, lord of the streets of my god and my goddess |
| 10 | ša₂ MUNUS.ḪUL an-ni-tu₂ i-pu-šu₂-nin-ni | This curse that he performed against me |
| 11 | lu kaš-ša₂-pu lu kaš-šap-tu₂ lu ⸢NITA₂⸣ [lu MUNUS] | either a bēru-demon or a kašpātu-disease or an ēriba-districtor |
| 12 | lu TUR lu GAL lu ADDA ⸢lu⸣ {[lu₂}TI] | or a boy, or an older or older, a man |
| 13 | lu AD lu ŠEŠ lu NIN ⸢lu⸣ [AMA] | Whether father, son, sister, mother |
| 14 | lu ib-ri lu tap-pu-u ⸢lu⸣ [it-ba-ru] | or an heir, or a friend, a stranger has entered |
| 15 | lu I₃.DU₈ lu EN.NUN KA₂ [E₂.GAL-lim] | or gatekeeper or guard of the palace gate |
| 16 | ša ŠU{ii}su ana E₂.⸢MU⸣ [ub-ba-lu] | Whose hand they shall bring to the E’ešuma-ē23 temple |
| 17 | si-ip-pi i-ḫal-la-⸢šu₂⸣ [x-x-x-(x)] | the door jambs ... |
| 18 | a-na {d}UR.⸢GU.LA⸣ [x-x-x-(x-x)] ; ⸢a-na⸣ [x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)] | to Ur-egula-e23 |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢SAG⸣ pa-⸢ša₂-ni{mušen⸣} [x-x-x-(x) ištēniš tasâk] | You pound together esag-plant and papparû-plant |
| 2' | ina I₃ {giš}ŠUR.⸢MIN₃ ḪE⸣.[ḪE-ma ina U₄ 1.KAM U₄ 10.KAM] | You mix with cypress oil and on the 1st day, on the 10th day |
| 3' | U₄ 20.KAM U₄ 30.KAM x [x-x-x-x-x-x-(x-x)] | 20th day, 30th day ... |
| 4' | u ZAG.DU₈ E₂-šu₂ [tulappat-ma] | and the front of his house you bind, and |
| 5' | GISKIM ḪUL ana NA u ⸢E₂⸣-[šu₂ ul iṭeḫḫe] | A sign of evil will not approach a man and his house. |
| 6' | DINGIR ze-⸢nu⸣-u KI ⸢LU₂⸣ [isallim] | The angry (personal) god is with the ēlû-priest |
| 7' | {u₂}NU.⸢LUḪ⸣.ḪA {u₂}⸢KUR⸣.[GI.RIN.NA] | ēšû-plant (a kind of juniper) |
| 8' | {u₂}ḪAR.⸢ḪAR⸣ {u₂}⸢ḪAR.SAG⸣ [ina KAŠ.SAG NAG-ma] | He drinks ḫašû-plant (and) ēsag-plant in prime-quality beer |
| 9' | ḪUL A₂.MEŠ GISKIM.MEŠ ina ⸢E₂⸣ [NA NU IGI] | The evil of portents (and) omens is not seen in a man's house. |
| 10' | ki-ma la-bi-ri-šu₂ ša₃-ṭir ba₃-⸢ri₃⸣ | Like an old man, he was carried off. |
| 11' | a-na ṣa-bat e-pe-ši {m}ki-ṣir-aš-šur MAŠ.MAŠ | For the work of Kiṣir-Assur, exorcist |
| 12' | ⸢u₂⸣-šaš-ṭir-ma ib₂-ri | It is an ešaštbir plant |
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